tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post3788308434432824262..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: “We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable”Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-33666447277733206732016-07-07T09:50:45.242-05:002016-07-07T09:50:45.242-05:00Didn't Benjamin Franklin substitute "self...Didn't Benjamin Franklin substitute "self-evident" for "sacred & undeniable"? <br /><br />For all his low esteem of Organized Religion, TJ did tend to use religious phraseology. (Wouldn't he later call the Federalists--especially The Evil Hamilton--"heresiarchs"?) <br /><br />Franklin's change was efficient & secular--quite an improvement. not Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956053583913278364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25023294904477275942016-07-04T15:40:24.483-05:002016-07-04T15:40:24.483-05:00"no one fact stands single or solitary to con..."no one fact stands single or solitary to contradict the uniform tenor of the rest"<br />It sounds like Jefferson himself may have thought some of the charges against the crown were inaccurate or exaggerated.Chris Hurley of Woburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11767360457057298740noreply@blogger.com